Hi.
RdC wrote on 05/16/19 at 06:47:50:
The London system with 2. Bf4 has become very popular. One of the ideas being the line 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6. So the position from the Pirc after 4 Bf4 will have had recent scrutiny at GM level.
Yes. I can see. London players probably need to book up some more on the Pirc though to be honest.
Leon_Trotsky wrote on 05/16/19 at 08:53:47:
It was definitely a joke, given my name. Лев никогда не крадет
Don't speak Russian sadly, even though I have some decent (but fast dimming) understanding of the cyrillic alphabet.
"Lions never steal". Right?
I suppose they are just successful at having other animals voluntarily hand over downed prey in some situations.
Leon_Trotsky wrote on 05/16/19 at 08:53:47:
All of these analyses look like more than I ever saw in other Pirc book. Have you consulted Nunn's Complete Pirc, Wigus, Marin and all others ¿ If you could challenge all of their assessments, that would be a thing. But a lot of work.
I have the books mentioned but don't really look in them with the view to challenge assessment after assessment. Neither Vigus (limited by his book format - essentially he is rarely trying to fix every single possible crack in the lines he favours) or Nunn (book to old) would feel right to do this against actively in my opinion.
On the other hand. This very 4.Bf4 repertoire goes into a Marin line at one point and some time ago I also mentioned a possible improvement in his 4.Be3 c6 line. Also at some point I mentioned I was displeased with Kornev's 4.Bg5 lines. So there are moments when I think the last word has not been said and things like this happen. Checking for such lines is not really rewarding for me in practical play though. I already score very well against the Pirc/Modern

Edit: and with it

(even though less well in comparison). At my level possible tests as black are also quite rare and mostly in the already very forcing lines.
Have a nice day.